Lucas: Back In The Mix
Posted Jul 15, 2008
By the time Danny Green, Ty Lawson, and Wayne Ellington walked into the Smith Center on the night of June 16 to rejoin their teammates for the normal summer pickup sessions, most Tar Heel fans assumed all of Roy Williams' worldly problems were solved. But the UNC head coach was frank with the trio. "I told all three of them that they have to understand their teammates wondered if they wanted to be with them or not," Williams said. "That's human nature."
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